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Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Stone club with wooden handle wrapped in leather Unknown Native American; possibly Apache (artist and user) 84.971 stone, wood, hide
Wool leggings with silk ribbonwork Unknown Native American; Osage 99.270a-b wool, silk
Wooden and metal awl with beaded case Unknown Native American; Comanche 84.728a-b wood, metal, hide, glass
Beaded sheath with knife labeled "Little Injun" Unknown Native American; Cheyenne; Southern 84.772a-b glass, metal, wood
Eagle tail fan with buckskin fringe at end Unknown Native American; Kiowa 85.1 feather (eagle), hide
Beaded and quilled pipe bag with fringe Unknown Native American; possibly Arapaho or Cheyenne 84.482 semi-tanned hide, rawhide, sinew, pocupine quills, glass, dyes
Beaded porcupine hairbrush Unknown Native American; Cheyenne; Southern 84.858 porcupine, glass
Boy's leather shirt with fringe Unknown Native American; Arapaho 84.841c Semi-tanned skin, yellow dye, red pigment, glass beads, wool.
Wool skirt with silk ribbonwork Unknown Native American; Osage 97.5 wool, silk
Beaded and quilled leather pipe bag Unknown Native American; Cheyenne 84.490 hide, glass, quill
Hair ornament with eagle down on hide Unknown Native American; Cheyenne; Southern 84.846 hide, feather (eagle)
Wool skirt with silk ribbonwork Unknown Native American; Osage 97.6 wool, silk
Woman's beaded hide leggings with geometric designs Unknown Native American; Cheyenne, Southern 84.456a-b semi-tanned hide (possibly buffalo hide used as a thin strip added to the tops), glass, sinew, cotton thread, dye
Beaded ornament with feathers on buckskin Unknown Native American; Cheyenne 84.847a-b glass, hide, feather
Boy's leather leggings with metal tacks and fringe Unknown Native American; Arapaho 84.841a-b semi-tanned hide, copper alloy, cotton fabric and thead, yellow dye
Trade bead necklace created with mescal beans Unknown Native American; Tonkawa 80.6 bean (mescal)
Wooden Arapaho comb Unknown Native American; Arapaho (artist and user) 73.159 wood
Fringed semi-tanned skin dress with beadwork designs Unknown Native American; possibly Apache or Jicarilla (artist and user) 84.1808 semi-tanned hide, glass, thread
Girl's buckskin dress with blue, red, and white lazy stitched beading and fringe Unknown Native American; possibly Apache (artist and user) 84.1807 hide (buckskin), glass
Woman's hide dress with beading, pigment, and twisted fringe Unknown Native American; Apache or Cheyenne (artist), Cherokee (user) 84.1802 hide, glass, pigment